Implement construction



1945'. R. B. HIYTCHCOCK ETAL 2,376,539

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8 Sheets-Sheet 6 R. B. HITCHCOCK ETAL IMPLEMENT CONSTRUCTION Filed June 10, 1945 8 Sheets-Sheet 8 Patented May 22, 1945 RES-SUE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE IMPLEMENT CONSTRUCTION Rex B. Hitchcock, Evanston, and William C.

Rosenthal, Chicago, 111., assignors to International Harvester Company, a corporation of New Jersey Application June 10, 1943, Serial No. 490,267

41 Claims.

This invention relates to an implement mounting and lift. More specifically it relates to means for lifting an implement such as a harvester thresher into a mounted position upon a tractor.

In the case of large tractor-mounted implements, such as harvester threshers or corn pickers, considerable dilficulty is experienced in connecting and disconnecting the implement to and from a tractor. The harvester thresher or corn picker is large and unwieldy, It is heavy and so may sink into the ground when allowed to remain for some time detached from a tractor.

Likewise, the tractor may be lowered as the weight of the implement is assumed by the tractor when the implement is being mounted. Thus,

tractor body immediately adjacent thereto and across the tractor rear axle.

Other objects will appear from the disclosure.

According to the present invention, an implement, such as a harvester thresher, is lifted from an inoperative position in which it rests upon the ground to an operative position in which it is raised and mounted upon a, tractor by power-operated lifting members moving angularly about the tractor rear axle and by a power-operated lifting member mounted at the front of the tractor body. In its mounted position, the harvester thresher extends alongsde the tractor body and any lifting means that is to raise an implement from a detached, selfsupporting position to a raised, mounted position must have sufiicient flexibility to allow'for relative changes in position between the implement and the tractor. An object of the present invention is to provide improvements in tractor-mounted implements. I

A further object is the provision of an improvement in the mounting of a tractor-mounted harvester thresher.

Another object is to provide improvements in the mounting of an implement adapted for operation with the tractor running backwards.

Still another object is to provide an improvement in the mounting of a harvester thresher upon a tractor, the harvester thresher operating with the tractor running backwards.

A still further object is to provide means for raising an implement from an inoperative position in which it rests upon the ground to an operating position in which it is raised and mounted upon a tractor.

A further object is to provide means for mount- 7 ing a harvester thresher in position upon a tractor, the harvester thresher extending along the immediately adjacent thereto across the rear axle. The rear end of the thresher body is at the front of the tractor, and the harvester platform extends rearwardly of the tractor rear axle. In oneform of the invention both ends of the implement are lifted simultaneously to mounted position upon the tractor. In the other form of the invention one end of the implement is raised to mounted position. and then the other end of the implementis adjusted upwardly to various positions above ground-engaging position.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view, with parts removed, of a harvester thresher and a tractor upon which the harvester thresher is mounted;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the harvester thresher and tractor of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side view of the harvester thresher in detached position and the tractor immediately adjacent the harvester thresher;

Figure 4 is a side View of the tractor and the harvester thresher moved from the detached position of Figure 3 to mounted position; v

Figure 5 is an end view of a portion of the tractor, a portion of the harvester thresher, and the mounting means carrying the harvester thresher upon the tractor;

Figure 6 is a similar view of the same portion of the tractor and the mounting means in unfolded position;

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on the line I of Figure 5; I

Figure 8 is-a sectional view taken .on the line -8 of Figure 5;

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken on the line 9 of Figure 5 with a certain holding means in disenga ed position;

Figure 10 is a sectional view taken on the line 10 of Figure 5, showing the holding means in engaged position; I

Figure llis a detail view, showing the mounting 1; tlte rear gn d orth e harvester thresher upon the fijon e at'ractqr; "'Fl r'e iz -ieuisettienai view taken along the line I2 of Figure 11 but with the harvester thresher detached from the tractor;

Figure 13 is a sectional view taken on the line I3 of Figure 11 and showing theharvester thresher in mountedposition;

Figure 14 is a sectional view taken on the line I4 of Figure 5, with certain parts omitted;

Figure 15 is a side view of a tractor with a modified type of mounting structure and a corn binder detached from the tractor;

Figure 16 is a similar side view-showing one end of the corn binder raised tomounted posiv tion on the tractor; and

Figure 17 is a plan view of the implement illustrated in Figures 15 and 16 showing the framework of the corn binder.

Figures 1 and 2 show a tractor I comprising a narrow body I I, a narrow front rolling support I2, a short right end rear axle I3,-a'w'heel I4 connected to the axle near the body H, a long rear axle [5 at the left side of thetractor body II ,and a rear wheel l6 connectedto the axle 1'5 and held spaced from the tractor body 'II. Positioned at the left-hand side'of the tractor-body I I is a harvester ,thresher ll comprisinga-thresher body l8 and a harvester part I9. The rear end of the thresher body I8 isadjacent the front or the tractor body I I, and the harvester part I9 is pivotally connected to the front of the t'hresher body I8 I generally above the leit tractor axle I5 and extends well to the rear of the axle 'I 5. "The-tractor Iflihas an operatorsseat 20, asteeringwheel 2I "positioned forwardly of the seat 2ll,andcontrol members 22 and 23 within reachofanoperator upon the seat 20. 'When the harvester thresher is employed for gathering and "threshing crops, the tractor I0 .is run rearwardly.

.iFigures 3 to .10, inclusive, show amounting for the -front end of the thresher fbody lf8 upon the left-hand tractor axle I'5. As'seen inthesefigures, there is provided a torque sleeve 24,i'ormed in halves 25 and 26. The torque s'leeve'24 is resistant to twisting for a purpose to be-described later. The half '25 is formed'of a semicircular sheet 21 and asemicircular casting 'O1 forging 28 secured thereto by riveting or welding. "Similarly, the half 26 is formed of a semicircu1ar=sheet29 anda casting or forging 30 secured byr'iveting or welding to the part 29. Thehalves 25 and 26 are clamped together and surround the left-hand axle I5. At the outer end of the axle 5 there is "positioned a roller bearing 3| engaging a live or rotating portion of the axle P5. The roller bearing 3I supports the outer end of the sleeve 24. The inner end of'the sleeve 24 is formed of flanges 32 and '33 upon the castings or'forgings 28 and 30. These flanges project inwardly and engage an inner dead or stationary housing portion of the axle I 5, which in *reality hotuses the rotating live axle. This portion of the'raxle also has a pair of short longitudinal flanges 34 which cooperate with the flanges 32 and 33 to prevent outward movement of thesleeve 2-4. The sleeve 24 is formed in the aforementioned halves25 and26 so that attachment to and .detachment'from the axle I5-is facilitated. The halves '25 -and12 6 are pivotally connected to one another at oneaend :by

hinges 35 and36 connected to the members 25 and -26 and a connecting pin 31 and, at the other end, by hinge portions 38 and 39 integralwiththe "castings or forgings 2,8 and 30 and a connecting pin 40. The halves 25 and 26 are clamped to one another at one end by outward projections M and 42 secured to the parts 26 and 30 and a clamping bolt and nut 43 and 44. At the other end the halves are connected by integral projections 45 and 46 on the castings or forgings '28 and 30 and a clamping bolt and nut 41 and 48. A lifting part 4 9 generally in the formof a hook is secured to the semicircular part28 by bolts 5| threaded into nuts 52 secured to the inside of the semicircular part 29. The forging or casting 30 carries as an integral part thereof a pair of lifting members 53 and 54 formed generally as books Asseen in Figure 5, the under side of the thresher body I'B has secured thereto brackets 55 and 56. The bracket 55 carries a rotatable roller 51 positioned in the lifting member 48. Similarly. the bracket 56 carries a rotatable roller 58 positioned within the'lifting'member 53. 7

Figures 11, 12, and 13 show the mounting of the rear end of the thresher body I8 upon the front end of the tractor body 11. As seen in these fig- -ures there is provided a member59 having a central portion 60 secured in any desired -manner to'the tractor body ll. The member 59 extends upwardly and outwardly "in curved relation with the portion and terminates in a portion 6I spaced from the portion 60 and extending downwardly. The portion 6| has a slot'6'2 open at one end in which is mounted a member '63 secured to apart 64. The part 64 is secured to a bracket 55 -a;djustably secured 'to the thresher body I8 by 'means of bolts ".66 within elongated slots 6] in the bracket 55 and a threaded bolt68 secured to and extending through-a fiange 69formed on the bracket 65. The-threaded bolt68 extendsthrough a horizontal part 10 of a bracketlI secured to the thresher body I8, and its vertical positionwith respect to the part "II and thethresher body I8 is determined by the position of lock nuts 12 threaded on "the bolt -68. By adjustment of these nuts; the position :of the bolt 68 'is adjusted,..and this in turn adjusts the bracket 65, the "part '64, and the member .63. Thus the vertical position of the rear end of the thresher body I'8'with respect to thefront end ofthetractor body I I is 'determined. The member 63, securedrto the thresher body l8, is retained .in the slot 62 by a lifting member 114 pivotally connected by a means 14a positioned on a depending portion on the member "59 'below and offset from the securing portion 60 ofthe member 59. Figure 13 shows the lifting member 14in a position in which itretains the member 63 within the slot'62. fin this position a part 16 secured to the lifting member 14 is locked to a bolt" secured to the member by a nut!!! "threaded upon the bolt 11.

The tractor body I I carries a two-armed member 19 that is moved angnlarly by tractor power. One arm of the member 19 is connected by a link '80 with a bell-crank 8| pivoted at '82 on the tractor body beneath the tractor axles. A link "83 connects the harvesterpart f9 with the bellcrank 81. Angular movement of the member 19, through application of tractor power, acts through thelinks 8i) and 83 and the bell-crank 3"so'asto be free of the axle I5 and is held in this position by a rod 84' connecting the harvesting 'part I9 with thetop of the threshing body I8.

to that of Figure 3.

nected by a link 81 with the lifting member I4.

Then adjustable supporting feet 88 and 88*, which may be carried as-a permanent part of the thresher body I8 or may be attached to it only when the harvester thresher i1 is to be dismounted from the tractor ID, are brought into the position shown in Figure 4. Then, through application of tractor power to the member 19, the mounting sleeve 24 and the lifting member 14 are rotated from their position of Figure 4 Rotation of the sleeve 24 will efiect a corresponding rotation of thelifting members 49' and 53 attached to the sleeve 24. Thus, the harvester thresher I! is lowered until its weight rests upon the feet 88 and 88 now contacting the ground. It has been statedcause the parts to assume the position of Figure 3, and tractor ower will have to be used to resist too rapid a movement to this position. With the harvester thresher l! in the ground-engaging position of Figure 3, the tractor may simply be backed away from the harvester thresher. The harvester thresher is allowed to remain in its detached, self-supporting position until it is again to be used, at which time the tractor is driven up to the position with respect to the harvester thresher shown in Figure 3. Then tractor power is applied to the member 19 to rotateit and thereby to rotate the sleeve 24 and the lifting members 49, 53, and 14. When the harvester thresher H has reached the position of Figure 4, the lifting member 14 is locked to'the member 59 by the bolt 1'! and the nut 18, as shown in Figures 11 and 13. In the mounted position of the harvester thresher ll, therollers 51 and 58 on the under side of the thresher body 18 are directly over the axle l5. Thus the weight of the harvester thresher applied through rollers does not tend to twist the sleeve 30. To maintain the rollers and 58 in this position,

the sleeve 24 is locked to the axle l5. This is accomplished by means of a member 89 pivotally mounted by a pin 89 on an external projection 90 on the casting or forging 30. The part 89 has a portion 9| projected through a slot 92 in the forging 28. gages one, longitudinal flange 34 on the axle [5, as shown in Figure 10, and the member 89 is held in this position by means of a nut 94 and a bolt 95 pivotally mounted by a pin 96 on an external -ers in spaced relation thereto. @In the mounted position of the harvester thresher l'I/the part 98 engages the under sideof the sleeve 24 and thus prevents any upward movement of the rollers 51 and 58 awayfrom the lifting members 49 and 53 that would tend to dismount the harvester A groove 93 in the portion 99 enthresher I! from the tractor ID. The sleeve 24 has been described as a torque sleeve resistant to twisting. This must be the :case, since there-is a tendency to twist," because power for lifting the harvester thresher is applied to the flange 85 at the inner end of the sleeve, and the lifting member49 is at the outer end of the sleeve.

Figur 9 shows that the forging 30 is provided with two lifting members 59 and 54 facing in opposite directions. The use of only the lifting member 53 has been described. The lifting member 54 is used when a machine, such as the harvester thresher i1, is to be mounted upon a long axle extending to the right-side of the tractor body II rather'than to-the left side thereof. In this case the sleeve 24 must be reversed, and thus the extra lifting member 54 is required in order tion corresponding to that occupied by the lifting member 53 at the'left side of the tractor body ll. Only one lifting member 49 has been provided, since it'is secured by bolts 5| and nuts 52 to the semicircular part 29 of the sleeve 24.

- When a machine is to be mounted on an extended axle at the right side of the tractor body I I, the lifting member 49 isdetached' from the sleeve 24 and is reversed so as to extend in the same direction as the liftingmember 54. Figure 6 shows a plurality of nuts 52 attached to the inside of the semicircular part 29. From this it will be seen that the lifting member 49 may not only be reversed but may be also shifted lengthwise of the sleeve 24 to accommodate the mounting of machines of different widths.

Attention is now directed to Figure 14, which shows the lifting member 49 and the roller 5! of the thresher body l8 both in raised position and in lowered position. Itwill be observed that the lifting member 49 moves angularly so as to shift its lifting surface through a dimension represented by X. The change in position of the roller 51 from lowered position to lifted position is represented by Y, and this dimension is less than the dimension X. The lowest position of the lifting member 49 is such that the member is out of contact with the roller 51 in its lowest position. As the weight of the harvester thresher I1 is shifted from the tractor ill to the legs 88 and 88 the tractor ID will rise somewhat, because the tires on the tractor become round. Thus, the lowest position-of the lifting member 49 rises to the dotted'line position, as shown. After the harvester thresher I1 has stood on legs 88 and 88 on the ground for some time, the legs may sink into the ground, and the result is a lowering of the harvest thresher and of the roller 5'! to the dotted line position shown. The roller 5'! in its dotted line position is just above the lifting member 49 in its'dotted line position, so that, when the harvester thresher is to be mounted again upon the tractor II], the lifting member 49 may just be passed beneath the roller 51. Thus, it will be seen that an important feature of the present invention is the lowering of the lifting member 49 through a distance greater than the amount required to bring the feet 88 and 88 of the harvester thresher l! to the ground. This greater distance serves as a compensation for sinking of the harvester thresher into the ground and rising of the tractor due to removal of the load of the harvester thresher from the tractor.

Figures 15 and 16 illustrate the lifting of a corn binder 99 to mounted position upon a tractor. The corn binder 99 includes a framework --comprising longitudinal members Hi (figure .17.). To these members is secured a, pair of brackets l-0.l which supports a transverse tube I02 .on which are pivotallymounted halves I03 and'l04 of clamps I05 adapted to embrace the sleev 24 and to be secured to one another by clamping bolts I06. The halves I04 carry rollers l0?! similar to .rollers 58 and adapted to engage lifting .members 49' and 53. Feet 108 support the rear end .of the corn binder 99in the detached position of Figure 15, and the front end rests upon the ground. For attachment of the tractor l0 to the binder, the tractor is driven into the binder as shown in Figure 15. Then the poweractuated member 19, acting through the link 85 and the flange 86, rotates the sleeve 24 and lifting members 49 and 53 to the position of Figure 16. The rollers remain in the lifting mem- :bers 49and'53 and cause the rear end 'of the binder 99 to be raised .off the .feet I08, as shown in Figure 16. Then the sleeve 24 .is locked against angular movement with-respect to the tractor :axle'l5 by the means shown in Figure 1'0. Then the link 85 is disconnectedfrom the power-actuated member 19 and the flange 86, and a link. I09 is connected to the upper end of the member '19 and toe. bell-crank llfl'pivoted-at HI on the tractor body II. The lziell-icrank H0 is connected by a chain 2 with a forward member I I3 of the corn binder 99. Adjustment of the power-actuated member 19 acts-through the link I09, bell crank H0, and chain 1 l2 to adjust the for-ward end of the corn binder 99 upwardlyfrom groundengaging position to any of a plurality of positions of adjustment.

The binder has not been-shown in detail .in the present applicatiombecause it formsno part of the present "invention. It is used only to i1- 'lustrate the method of mounting involved. The relation of the binder in mounted position to the tractor is claimed. in the copending application of JohnD.McKahin,Seria1rNo.-490,265 filed June 10, 1943. v

A significant feature of the present invention is that the lifting means, namely, the litting member 14 and the lifting members '49 .and 53, are short and act at short radii and move through a substantial angle. Thus they do not take up much space and do not interfere with the use of the tractor forother purposes than that of supporting implements in the manner of the present invention. The lifting means are easy to'remove.

Another significant thing is that the lifting means acts to shift the implementfrom detached position to mounted po'sition onto a natural supporting portion of the tractor axle. When the implement has been mounted upon the tractor axle by the novel means of the present application, it is supported directly upon the :axle, and the engaged portions of the implement are di- 'rectly adjacentthe axle. This is .so because. as specified in the-preceding:paragraph, the'lifting -members 49 and act at atshort radius.

The intention is to limit the invention only within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In-combination, a supporting frame having an aX1e and ground wheels connected thereto,=an

implement, a lift support on the implement, a

mounting means for the implement carried by the axle, said means being engageable with said lift support, andmeans for shifting the'mounting means with respect to the supporting frame to shift the implement bodily between a position in which itis carried .by the supporting frame raised and operative and a position in which it rests inoperative upon the ,ground to enable the supporting frame with the mounting .means thereon to be :moved away from the implement. 2. In combination, a supporting frame having an axle and ground wheels connected thereto, an

implement, a lift support on the implement, a mounting means for the implement carried by the axle .so as to be :shiftable about the axle asan axis, said means being engageable with said lift support, and means for shifting the mounting means about the axle to shift the implement bodily between a position in which it is carried by thesupportingirame raised and operative and a position in which it rests inoperative upon the ground to enable the supporting frame with the mounting means thereon to be moved away from the implement.

3. -In combination, a tractor having a body, an

axle, and a wheel on the axle spaced from the "ing'means thereon to be moved away from the implement.

4.,In combination, a tractor having a power plant, a body, an axle, and-a wheel spaced from the body, a mounting means for an implement to be carried by the tractor, and means connecting the tractor power plant and the mounting means .for shifting the mounting means with respect to the tracor to shift the implement bodily between a position in which it is carried by the tractor raised andoperative between the tractor body andthe wheel and a position in which-it rests inoperative upon the ground to enable the tractor "with the mounting means thereon to be moved away from the implement.

5. In combination, a tractor, an implement, a lift support on said implement, a mounting means for the implement engageable with said support and carried by the tractor axle, and means for shifting the mounting means with respect'to the tractor to shift the implement bodily between a position in which his carried by the tractor raised and operative and a position .in which it rests inoperative upon the ground to enable'the tractor with the mounting means thereon to be moved away from the implement.

6. In combination, a tractor having an axle and a power .plant, an implement, a lift support in said implement, a mounting means for the implement engageable with said support and carried by the tractor axle, and means for shifting the mounting means with respect to the tractor to shift the implement bodily between agposition in whichit is carried by the tractor raised and operative and between the wheel and the body and a position in which it rests inoperative upon-the ground to enable the tractor with the .ing the tractor power plant and the mountin means for shifting the mounting means with respect to the tractor to shift the implement bodily between aposition in which it is carried by the tractor raised and operative between the tractor body and the wheel and a position in which it rests inoperativeupon the ground to enable the tractor with the mounting means thereon to be moved away from the implement.

8. In combination, a supporting frame having an axle and supporting wheels, an implement, a lift support on the implement, a mounting sleeve surrounding the axle and angularly shiftable about the axle, said sleeve having a lifting element engageable with said support, and means for shifting the mounting sleeve about the axle to shift the implement bodily between a position in which it is carried by the supporting frame raised and operative and a position in which'it rests inoperative upon the ground to enable the supportng frame with the mounting means thereon to be moved away from the implement.

9. In combination, a tractor having an axle,

an implement, a mounting sleeve surrounding the axle and angularly shiftable about the axle, said sleeve having a projecting lifting element vertically movable with rotation of the sleeve, 'said element and means for angularly shifting the mounting sleeve, saidelement being arranged to engage and to shift the implement bodily and vertically between a position in which it is carried by the tractor raised and operative, and a position in which it rests inoperative upon the ground to enable the tractor to be moved away from the implement.

10. In combination, a tractor having a power plant, a body, an axle, and a wheel on the axle spaced from the body, an implement, a torque sleeve serving as a mounting means surrounding the tractor axle and being angularly shiftable about the axle, a lifting member secured to the torque tube adjacent the wheel and engageable with said implement, and means connecting the tractor power plant and the torque sleeve at a point adjacent the tractor body for angular shifting the torque sleeve and the lifting member to engage and shift the implement bodilybetween a away from the implement, the torque sleeve being r sufficiently strong to prevent appreciable'twisting due to the fact that the lifting member is secured to the sleeve at one end adjacent the wheel and the connection with the tractor power plant is at the other end of the sleeve adjacent th tractor body.

11. In combination, a supporting frame'adapted to be moved over the ground, an implement adapted to be mounted uponthe supporting frame in a raised position for normal operation during movement of the supporting frame over the ground or torest upon the ground in a lowered position inoperative and detached from the supporting frame, the implement having a mounting portion, a mounting means on the supporting frame engageable with the mounting portion on the implement, means pivotally connecting the mounting means to the supporting frame for angular movement of the mounting means between a low position lower than the position of the mounting portion of the implement in its lowered ground-engaging position and a high' position higher than said position of the mounting portion, and means for raising the mounting means from the low position to the high position and to lift itfrom lowered ground-engaging posito engage the mounting portion of the implement tionto'raised mounted position.

12. In combination, a tractor, an implement adapted to be mounted thereon in a raised position for normal operation during movement of the tractor over the ground or to rest upon the ground in a, lowered position inoperative and detached from the tractor, the implement having a mounting portion, a mounting means on the tractor engageable with th mounting portion on the implement, means pivotally connecting the mounting means to the supporting frame for angular movement of the mounting means between a low position lower thanjthe position of the mounting portion of the implement in its lowered ground-en gaging positionand a high position higher than said position of the, mounting portion, and means for raising the mounting means from the low position to the high position'to engage the mounting portion of theimp'lement' and to lift it from low-1 ered ground-engaging position to raised moimted position. i

13. In combination, a tractor having a power plant,. an implement adapted to be mounted thereon in a'raised position for normal operation during movement of the tractor over the ground or tolrest upon the ground in a. lowered position inoperative and detached from the tractor, the implement having amounting portion, a mounting means on the tractor engageable with the mounting portion on the implement, means pivot-v ally connecting. the mounting means to the supporting frame for angular movement of the mounting means between a low position lower than the position of the mounting portion of the implement in its lowered ground-engaging position and a high position higher than said position of the mounting portion, and means con{ necting the tractor power plant and the mounting means for raising the mounting means from the low position to the high position to engage the mounting portion of the implement and to lift it from lowered ground-engaging position to raised mounted position.

14. In combination, a tractor having a power plant and an axle, an implement adapted to be mounted upon the tractor in a raised position for normal operation during movement of the tractor over the ground or to rest upon the ground in a lowered position inoperative and detached from the tractor, the implement having a mounting portion, mounting 1 means engageable with the mounting portion of the implement, means carrying the mounting means on the axle for movement of the mounting means between a low position lower than the position of the mounting portion of the implement in its lowered, detached ground-engaging position and a high position higher than the said position of the mounting portion, and means for .laising the mounting means from the low position-to the high position to engage the mounting portion of the implement and to lift it from lowered ground-engaging position to raised mounted position.

15. In combination, a supporting frame having an axle and ground wheels on the axle, an implement adapted to be mounted upon the supporting frame in a raised position for normal operation during movement of the supporting frame over the ground or to rest upon the'ground in a lowered position inoperative and detachedfrom the supporting frame, the implement having .a

mounting portion, mounting means engageable with the mountingv portion of the implement,

means carrying the mounting means on axle for angular movement about. theaxi's .of the axle between a low position lowerthangthe position of the mounting portion of the implement in a lowered ground-engaging position. and a high position higher than said position of themounting portion, and means for raisingthe'mounting means. from the low position to the high position to engage the mounting portionof the implement andto lift it from lowered groundengagingiposition to raised mounted position.

16; In combination, a tractorhavin a power plant, a. body, an. axle, and a wheel on the axle spacedv from the. body, an implement adapted to be mounted. upon the tractor in araised position between the wheel and the body for; normal operation during movementof. the. tractor, over theground or .to. rest-upon the. ground inv a lowered. position. inoperative. 'and" detached" from the tractor, the implement having a mounting ortion, mounting means. engageable with. the mounting portion of the implement, meansqsupporting the mounting. means. upon the. axle for angular movement about theaxle of the axle between a low positionlower than the position of the mounting portion of the implement in its lowered, groundengaging position. and 'ahigh position higher than the said position of the mounting portion, and" means connecting the tractor power plant and the. mounting means for raising the mountingmeans from. the low position to the high positionto engage the mounting portion of theimplement and to lift it from lowered. ground-engaging position to raisedmountedlposition.

1'7; In combination, a. tractor having, a. power plant, a body, an axle, and a wheel. on the axle spaced from the body,.an implement adapted to be mounted upon the tractor. in. raised position between'the. wheel and the bodyfor normal. operation during movement. of the tractor over the ground or to rest upon theground;v in a.lowered position inoperative anddetachedLffomthe tractor, the implement having amounting portion, a sleeve about the axle having.- amounting projection engageable with the mounting portionof the implement, the sleevebeing angularly movable about the axle to s ift' the mounting pro.- jection between a low position lower. than the position of the mounting portion-of the; implement in its lowered. groundeengaging position and a high position higher than thErSBid position of. the mounting, portion, and. means. connecting the tractor power plant and thesleeve; for shiftin the sleeve to move the mounting. projection from they low position. to, the high. DOSitiOH-tOl engage the mounting, portion of the implement and to lift it.from lowered, ground-engagingposition. to raised mountedposition.

18. In combination,.a supporting frame having an, axle and ground wheels: connected thereto, an implement, a lift support on said implement, a mounting means for'the implement carriedby the axle so asito be angularlyishiftable thereabout, said means having a lifting" element thereon, means for angularly shifting-the mounting meansabout the axletoengagethe lifting element with the implement to" shift theimplement bodily between a position in which it is carried by the supporting frame raised and operative and a position in which it restsinoperativeuporr the ground to enable the supporting-frame'to, be'moved'away from the implement, and mean for ionizing. the mounting means to the axlein the raised position ofthe implement for maintaining the implement in this position.

19; In combination, a mobile supportin frame;

an implement, a mounting means. for the implement including a hook carried by the supporting frame, said hook being engageable with a portion. of the implement, and means for shifting the hook vertically with respect to the supporting frame to engage and to bodily shift the implement vertically between a position in which it rests inoperative upon theground and'the'hook' may be passed beneath it andia position in which it is carried by the hook'raised and. operative.

20. In combination, a tractor,. an implement,

lifting means mounted on the tractor. adjacent 21. In combination, a. tractor having a power:

plant provided with an outlet intermediate the front and rear of the traotonan implement, lifting means mounted on the tractor adjacent the front thereof, liftin means mounted on'the tractor adjacent the rear thereof, and means .con.- necting the power plant outlet and the two lifting means for conjointly operatingthe two liftingmeans to shift the implement between an' operative position in which it is raised and mounted on the tractor and an inoperative position in i which it is detached from the tractor and rests upon the ground.

22.. In combination, a tractor having a body and a rear axle, a first lifting means adjacent the front of'the body, a second lifting means on 40 the rear axle adjacent the body; a third lifting means on the rear axle spaced from the body, an implement, and means for conjointly operating the three lifting means to shift the implement between an operative position in which it is raised and mounted. on the tractor and an inoperativ position in which. it is detached from the tractor and rests upon the ground.

23. In combination, a tractor; a first lifting means mounted adjacent the front of the tractor for rotation about an axis transverse of thetraotor, a second lifting means mounted adjacent the rear of the tractor for rotation about an axis transverse of the tractor, an implement, means for conjointly rotating the two lifting means to lift the implement between an operative position in which it is raised and mounted upon the tractor and an inoperative position in which it is: detached from the tractor and rests uponthe round.

24. In combination, a tractor, a first lifting means mounted on the tractor for angular movement about an axis,, a second lifting means mounted forangular movement about an axis generally parallel to the axis of the firstlifting meanson a point of the tractor displaced from the location ofthe first lifting means transversehr. of the said axes, an implement, and means for conjointly operating the two lifting means to'shift the implement between an operative position in which it is raised and mounted upon the tractor and an inoperative position in which itis detached from the tractor and rests uponthe ground.

25". In combination-,a tractor having; a body and' a rear axle, a first lifting means mounted adjacent the front of the body for angular movement about a transverse axis, a second'lifting means mounted on the rear axle adjacent the body for angular movement about a transverse axis, a third lifting means mounted on the rear axle spaced from the body for angular movement about a transverse axis, an implement, and means for conjointly moving the three lifting means angularly about their axes to shift the implement between an operative position in which it is raised and mounted on the tractor and an inoperative position in which it is detached from the tractor and rests upon the ground.

26. In combination, a tractor having a body, a rear axle, and a wheel on the rear axle spaced from the body, a first lifting means mounted adjacent the front of the body. for angular movement about a transverse axis, a second lifting means mounted on the rear axle adjacent the body for angular movement about a transverse axis, a third lifting means mounted on the rear axle adjacent the wheel for angular movement about a transverse axis, a thresher, and means for conjointly moving the three lifting means angularly about their axes to shift the thresher between an operative position in which it is raised from the ground and is mounted on the tractor between the wheel and the body and an inoperative position in which it is detached from the tractor and rests upon the ground.

27. In combination, a tractor having a body, a rear axle, and a wheel on the rear axle spaced from the body, a first lifting mean mounted adjacent the front of the body for angular movement about a transverse axis, a second lifting means mounted on. the rear axle adjacent the body for angular movement about a transverse axis, a third lifting means mounted on the rear axle adjacent the wheel for angular movement about a transverse axis, a thresher with its rear end adjacent the front of the tractor and its front end adjacent the rear of the tractor, .and means for conjointly moving the three lifting mean angularly about their axes to shiftthe thresher between an operative position in which it is raised from the ground and is mounted on the tractor between the wheel and the body and an inoperative position in which it is detached from the tractor and rests upon the ground, the tractor body being adapted in its mounted position to carry pivotally at its rear end a harvester platform extending rearwardly from the rear axle. i

28. In combination, a tractor having an axle,

a lifting member angularly movable about the tractor axle, an implement having a portion adapted to be engaged by the lifting member and a part depending from the implement at a point adjacent the portion andextending beneath the portion in spaced relation thereto, and means for angularly moving the lifting member to raise the implement bodily from an inoperative position in which it rests upon the ground detached from the tractor to an operative position in which the lifting member holds the said portion of the implement above the axle and the depending part of the implement engages the bottom of the axle to prevent detachment of the implement from the tractor due to upward movement of the portion of the implement away from the lifting member.

29. In combination, a mobile frame, a support extending therefrom, a lifting member mounted for angular movement about the support, a lifting element secured to said member and extendposition in which the lifting member holds the implement in raised position.

30. In combination, a tractor having a, rear axle having a longitudinal flange, an implementlifting member, mounting means for the lifting member mounted upon the tractor axle for angular movement thereabout, an implement,. means for angularly moving the mounting means and lifting member to shift the implement between an operative position in which it is raised and mounted on the tractor and an inoperative position in which it rests on the ground, a part pivotally mounted on the mounting means projectible into engagement with the flange on the tractor axle in raised position of the implement, and means for maintaining the part in engagement with the flange to hold the implement in raised position.

-31. In combination, a tractor. having a body, a mounting member secured thereto and having a slot, a lifting member pivotally mounted on the mounting member, an implement having a portion engageable with the mounting member, means for angularly movingthe lifting member to shift the implement between an operative position in which it is raised andmounted uponthe tractor with the portion thereof positioned'in the slot in the mountingmember and an inoperative position in whichrit rests upon the ground, and means forfixing the lifting member to the mounting member in raised position of the implement to maintain the implement in this position by holding the said portion of the implement in the slot.

32. In combination, a, tractor having a body, amounting member secured thereto and having a slot having an open end, a lifting member pivotally mounted on the mounting member for movement to and from a position in which itcloses the open end of the slot, an implement having a portion engageable with the mounting member, means for angularly moving the lifting member to its said position to raise the implement to an operative position in which it is mounted upon thetractor with the portion thereof positioned in the slot in the mounting member from an inoperative position in which it rests upon the ground, and means for fixing the lifting member to the mounting member in raised position of the implement with the lifting member closing the open end of the slot in the mounting member to maintain the said portion of the implement in the slot.

33. ,In combination, a tractor having a rear axle, an implement, a sleeve mounted upon the axle for relative angular movement thereabout and being formed in halves to enable connection to and disconnection from the axle, a lifting member secured to the axle, means for angularly moving the sleeve and lifting member to raise the implement from an inoperative position in which it rests upon the ground to an operative position in which it is raised and mounted on the tractor, a part mounted upon the sleeve and projectible thereinto to engage the tractor axle in raised position of the implement to prevent angulammovementn of: the: sleeve and-.i-liftingzmemberv andttherebygto-rmaintain: the r-implement in: raisedu positiom,

34:: In 'combination, 1 attractor rharving annaxle a rmountingemeans :carried: by-.'th'e:ax1e.= forrrrelae 5 tivez angularzmovement thereaboutpagliitinggmeme ber: secured: to the; mounting :means; an imple ment shaving tax-portion ;engagea'b1e2 with thezlift-vingglmernber and; a projectingapart lnear said.:por.---

tion; means-sfo'rl'angularlyzmovingigthe mounting: in-

oflthe implementLaway:fromzthe-rmpuntingnneme g beryqandran element :pivotallyrconnectedz' to: the; mounting means and;insertablezthereinto:to'zene gage: the itractorraxleeinr raisecti-position of: the implementatoi-prevent:angularrmovement f the-l mounting; means and: the 1if.ting;;memb'er:- and thereby to ho1d;the-imp1ementin' raisedipositionzi 35. In combination, a tractor having an axle' structure :pro'vided-awith an laxlenhaving an exposed: lives portion :Jat; its outer end; avmounting; meansmrovided vwith'ae projectingzlifting member-i surrounding theaxle. structure; an :antiefriction bearinggiournalingzthe mountingtmeansrupon:tlie: live::portion;ofiftheaxldaan implement; a; lifting: support'orrs aidaimplement; and means Ion shifting: thecmountingmeanssaboutlthe. axle; to.'engage the; liftingimember withtheaimplemenhand to thereeby shiftithe implement betweeman operativeipo sitioniniwhich it isr-raisediand mounted :uponthe; tractor and an z'inoperatives position'zin .whichnit: restsruponztheiground:

36a lnicombinatioms a mobileisupportingiframe liitingizmeanstonithe:frame,-.an implement, means. for actuating the lifting means to engage and; raisetthe implement: from azrpositi'ondnr which :it rests iUPODI$hBigIOIlI1dZ detached from: theswframe 1 t0LBJPOSitiOlL'iIllWhiChCOneLend; of; the implem entisraised; means for .pivotally"securin'gsaid 4oneaend; to. theetractoitand. means; for thereaftenconnect ingetheframe andaipoint of: the implement fspaxzedr' fron'msaid; end of ithelimplementwwhere the"lift---.v ingzmeans'x first; engaged. the implement :ito adjust theaother endzof the-implement :upwardi-y from engagement" with: thee-ground zabout thea-pivotaL mounting-.3: v

37.1w combination; ailtraetor-rhaivingaxazpower" plant, lifting ineansaon thetractor;:animplement, means for: causingrthe:powerzplantto'actuatethe lifting z-means sto: raise= the-simplement: from azp'ositionr-in whichxit:restssuponithe'groundidetached from thettractor to a positiontinfwhich one 1 end otzthei'implement :is;.raised,v andlmeansi for caus ing the tractor power plant to antthroughzapointv of =the;implementspacedndrom:thevliftmgmeans toward :thezother end .of f the implement to adj ust the-asaidtothertend-zof the: implement-upwardly from-engagementwith-the.groundiabout-rthepiv otal .mountingg;v

38*.- In :eombination, 1 a1 tractorrhaving' a-rp o-wers plant aibody, antaxle; andtarwheel: on .the; axle spaeedifromt the body determininga a :wheeh line: spaced, fromthebody; an implement; lifting means mountedion the :tractor axle,- meansefonis r-mountedonwth'e tractorv-axleibetween [the-wholly: and the wheel line withvoneendmaisediandwith; a pivotal mounting *adj acent the. tractor axle, and meansiorcausing the tractorzpoweri plant to act, through: a point of the:1implement spacedufrom the a pivotal mounting: .towardsthevother end-i or thecimplement to adjustatheasaid other rend-of.- the: implement upwardly from engagement .witha thegground'about the pivotal mounting;

39: In. combinationpa tractor-havinga body, an axles-aawheel sort the axle-spaced" from .the body; determhxingrawheel line aspaced from .therbody; a-powerrplant having an'outlet atthe side:of thes: body,-,lifting. means. mounted on the. tractor: axler fonrangularz movementthereabout, an implement; linksmeans rconnectable:between thezoutlet of the power plantandzthevlifting meansi for causing-the-= tractorc powenzplant to aotrthrough the:liftingi means to raise the'zimplementzlfrom-apositiomin: which it restsizonvthes groundtzdetached from.the

tractor: toza: position: in: which the implement is, mountedtonqthe-:tractorl'axles'betweenathe wheel's. lineeandr thevbody: 'witn'thezrear :end raised-end:v

with-a2 pivotala mountingaadjacent theerear axle;v

and a-csecondzlinknneans: conneotable :betweenvthe outletrofz-the: tractor 'powerrplantr and': a forwardi point ofzrtheeimplement uponldisconnection of the first:- linkmeans: (for causingrtheutractor" power: plant :to adiusti-the'rfront .end of c the' implement a upwardly iromground engagement:

40. Inacomloination;v a l traotorl-zhavingza power; p1ant',?. 1itinig means'lonztheitractor; an: implee merit; means: for: causing the-tpowenplantito .actuateithe liftingqmeansrtmraise ,thedmplementrfrom'i a vpositiozrzin which it trestsauponrthe ground deetachedzfrom'. thei 'tractor to.:-a:,position;inuwhicir 0116i end fiof 1' the implement :is'; raised, means, at or securing 5s aid :end-ofithe implement to the-tractor; andwameans zfor thereafters actuating the: tractor power'plant to'lift the other end'..of'the'implement.l 41-. Incombinationya'tractors'having anraxle;

lifting means mounted on the axle for angular: movement: thereaboutgan implement; having-.- a portionr: engageable by the: lifting; means; and: meansifor shifting the; lifting meansxaboutzthe axle -for:raisingtthe implement" from a; position imwhiclr it is unsupported von'the -'tractor.and: the. said portion. thereofzis immediatelyalongside the. axle: to 2 aa position: in; which the implement. is mounted on theztractorandthesaid portion there of-isdmmediately;overithe:axle.

R-EX B; HITCHCOCK.

WILLIAM C. ROSENTHAL..

DISCLAIMER 2,376,539.Rex B. Hitchcock, Evanston, and William 0. Rosenthal, Chicago, Ill. IMPLEMENT CONSTRUCTION. Patent dated May 22, 1945. Disclaimer filed Mar. 19, 1947, by the assignee, International Harvester Company.

Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 31 and 32.

[Ofict'al Gazette April 22, 1947.] 

